09-15-2020, 12:33 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: South Florida
Posts: 576
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Originally Posted by harsas
I stared life with Estes and have always been partial to them, but I remember getting the Centuri catalogs (and purchasing a few). For some reason, I always liked, but never bought a Javelin. Not sure why. I would circle it in every catalog but wind up buying something else. Of course, at that age cash was scarce.
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The Centuri Javelin was the first model rocket that I built. That was in December of 1966,
I built and painted the Javelin on the day before Christmas
and we launched it twice Christmas day at about 11:00 AM.
The Javelin flew to about 500-600 Ft. and that was on an A.8-4 engine. there was snow on the ground and the Jade green paint was very easy to see. I don't know what became of that Javelin, I have some real old rockets that go back to those days, but Don't know about the Javelin.
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Neal Miller
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